HONG KONG.- A Departure from Reality III: The Tender Truth features over 30 pieces of photographic artworks from 10 different series by Mainland Chinese artists Maleonn and Jiang Pengyi at both The Blindspot Gallery and Blindspot Annex in Hong Kong. Ma…
Raphael Tapestries Go on Show in Britain at the Victoria & Albert Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- Four priceless tapestries designed by the Renaissance master Raphael have gone on display with their original drawings for the first time at an exhibition in London to coincide with Pope Benedict’s visit to Britain. The fragile artwo…
Raphael Tapestries Go on Show in Britain at the Victoria & Albert Museum
LONDON (REUTERS).- Four priceless tapestries designed by the Renaissance master Raphael have gone on display with their original drawings for the first time at an exhibition in London to coincide with Pope Benedict’s visit to Britain. The fragile artwo…
Art on the Underground Daria Martin’s Daydream Survey
LONDON.- As part of a series of artworks commissioned for the Jubilee line, Daria Martin has undertaken a survey to discover passengers’ daydreams as they travel on the Jubilee line. Using a questionnaire designed in the 1970s by Auke Tellegen and adap…
Saffronart Offers an Exceptional Collection of Modern and Contemporary Indian Art
NEW YORK, NY.- Saffronart, the world’s largest online fine-art auction house, will showcase the works of 43 modern and contemporary Indian artists at its annual Autumn Online Art Auction. With a total of 90 lots, the sale offers collectors a broad…
Japanese Woodblock Prints to Fill the Galleries…Twice at Tacoma Art Museum
TACOMA; WA.- Tacoma Art Museum is sharing one of Japan’s most popular art forms with the Northwest in their new exhibition Edo to Tacoma: Japanese Woodblock Prints from the Collection, which runs September 4, 2010 through February 13, 2011 (the ex…
Los Angeles Artists Fight to Save City’s Legacy of Murals
LOS ANGELES (AP).- Every so often, Ernesto de la Loza drives around the city to check on the state of his murals. It’s a short tour these days. Out of 42 swirling, vivid pieces he’s painted, only seven remain, the rest lost to graffiti, whitewash and w…
Old Masters Picture Gallery in Dresden Explores the Young Johannes Vermeer
DRESDEN.- The oeuvre of the famous painter Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) of Delft is surprisingly small and only comprises of 36 works. From 3 September to 28 November, 2010 the Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister presents in its exhibition “The Young Ver…
Rijksmuseum Acquires Two 20th-Century Masterpieces
AMSTERDAM.- The Rijksmuseum has acquired two masterpieces for its collection of 20th-century art and history: the famous chair designed by Gerrit T. Rietveld around 1918 and a relief by Jan J. Schoonhoven from 1963. Both artworks will be added to the p…
Exhibition Brings Together Beautiful, Playful, Whimsical, and Glowing Sculptural Artworks
NEW YORK, NY.- The Jewish Museum will present a selection of colorful, luminous lamps designed by internationally renowned architect Frank Gehry in Fish Forms: Lamps by Frank Gehry, on view from August 29 through October 31, 2010. This exhibition also …